Every source I have seen put his age at 60 when he died, meaning at the battle.
And while sure today a 60 year old can still come off rather younger due to nutrition/exercise/drugs/whatever, but back then?
Not exactly sporting a 6 pack abs I'm sure...
Every source I have seen put his age at 60 when he died, meaning at the battle.
And while sure today a 60 year old can still come off rather younger due to nutrition/exercise/drugs/whatever, but back then?
Not exactly sporting a 6 pack abs I'm sure...
"And he didn't go to battle wearing a leather speedo either to show off his entire body"
One of the reasons I enjoyed the first part of Meet the Spartans was the obvious depiction and pointing out of homoerotic and macho contradictory undercurrents present in 300. How the Persian realizes "You know what? On second thought we already have West Hollywood and San Francisco, we don't really need Sparta".
At points I couldn't tell the parody from the source material...
The film is not parodic, its just heightened.
You parody something when it takes itself very seriously. 300 clearly doesn't. It's just a fun action epic. It actually very different from modern blockbusters which pretend as if they have "big themes" and are "about something important" and that "they matter".
300 is just a beautifully designed actioner. Nothing about it is meant to be taken seriously.